Thanksgiving Tips From the Stars: Chazz Palminteri’s Veggie Side Dish

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, Speakeasy is continuing its holiday spread of recipes and culinary advice from well-known chefs and foodies. Today’s offering: the veggie side dish.

The foodie: Oscar-nominated actor-turned-restaurateur Chazz Palminteri. Although best known for his work in such movies as “A Bronx Tale,” “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Analyze This” (and his recent stints on the TV series “Modern Family”), Palminteri has branched out into the foodie world – with the opening of his Baltimore Italian-American restaurant Chazz: A Bronx Original.

The dish: A version of Brussels sprouts with an Italian accent, thanks to the addition of pancetta (aka Italian bacon), courtesy of Sergio Vitale, the chef at Palminteri’s new restaurant. The side is served regularly at Palminteri’s restaurant. “The mixture of the salty pancetta and the bitter sprouts is magic,” says Palminteri. Another good aspect of the dish: It doesn’t matter if the sprouts are slightly burnt – “in fact, they taste better when the leaves are partially burnt or blackened,” says Palminteri.

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